Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Transit

Purple light shows a Muni subway heading inbound, while an M or (a Daly City BART train?) heads outbound...somewhere below. Image: Illuminate

See Subway Trains from the Surface of Market Street

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Imagine standing on Market Street and seeing bars of colored lights move over the street, tracking the location of the BART and Muni vehicles below. Yesterday evening, Illuminate, a San Francisco artists collaborative, held a demonstration of “Lightrail,” a proposed project from artists George Zisiadis and Stefano Corazza, for Market Street. The demonstration, which was held in a […]
Transportation Demand Management can help balance modes in a more sustainable way. Photo: Streetsblog

Guest Editorial: TDM is a Roadmap for Sustainable Transportation

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Monday at 1:30, the Land Use and Transportation Committee of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors will consider a Transportation Demand Management (TDM) ordinance that will require projects larger than 10 dwelling units or 10,000 square feet to adopt stronger measures to reduce auto trips. The new TDM proposal represents a step forward. However, it will have greater impact on […]
A look at a short segment of Geary that will get true "BRT" upgrades. Image: CTA

SPUR Talk: Update on Geary Corridor Bus Rapid Transit

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The San Francisco County Transportation Authority (CTA), along with SFMTA, is completing its final environmental review for “Bus Rapid Transit” and other street improvements on Geary. Last week, the San Francisco Bay Area Planning and Urban Research Association (SPUR) held an update/discussion about this busy corridor. As many Streetsblog readers already know, the planned improvements are primarily […]
South San Francisco plans to install bike lanes that will disappear to preserve these parallel parking spaces on El Camino Real. Photo: Google Maps

Motorist Convenience Still Trumps Safety in South San Francisco

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South San Francisco will rebuild a one-mile segment of El Camino Real this Spring with wider sidewalks, safer crosswalks, curb extensions, pedestrian refuges, bike lanes, and new street trees planted in both the medians and sidewalks. However, the bike lanes won’t be continuous–to preserve curbside parking, in places they will disappear. And some intersections will remain dangerous to […]